The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 92: Second Chance

Ezra

"Get him loaded up," I say to my warriors.

"You'll pay for this, you f***g p**k. You'll pay for this!" Owen screams at me.

"Shut the f***k up before I break your nose again," I snarl at him. The man never shuts his f**g mouth. Some days I handle it better than others, but I'm heading to Hunter and Sophie's pack today. Being there is hard for me making me less tolerant of Owen's s**.

I sigh, watching my warriors drag Owen into the back of a windowless van, locking him in with silver handcuffs and leg restraints. "You'll regret this!" Owen screams at me again.

"Your pack is gone, half of them killed on Hunter and Sophie's pack lands. The rest, I've taken over. You can choose to shut your mouth and take your death like a man, or I'll shove a silver- soaked cloth into your mouth until we get to their pack. You're lucky I don't wrap your d*k in one after what you did to that innocent girl. I'm not listening to your s**t the entire drive, so shut your f*g mouth or pay the price, your choice," I snarl, getting into his face.

When he doesn't respond, I turn and nod to my warriors to close the doors.

"You okay, Alpha?" my Beta, Jake, asks me.

"Yeah. I just want to get this over with and get home. You need to get back to our new pack. You think Will's got things under control for now?" I ask him, referencing our G**a.

"There's barely anyone there, and we've sent a decent

contingent of warriors. Plus, Alpha Hunter's pack is close to that one; so if there's trouble, he'll call you."

I nod. Jake had been managing Owen's old pack, but with me leaving and the other Alphas still out there threatening war, I didn't want to leave my pack in the hands of my G**a. It's not that I don't trust him. I just know that Jake is the stronger leader.

"If you need anything, call me."

"We'll be fine, Alpha. It's you I'm worried about," he says quietly.

Being around Hunter was never easy after his sister, my mate, killed herself and our pup. I knew she hated how she was claimed, had been so traumatized by it that it had taken me years to finally put a pup in her. And then she'd gone without me to find out that we were having a girl. I didn't find out until after I'd found my mate's broken body and laid her body to rest, the pack and I grieving the huge loss of our Luna and my mate.

The thought of her broken body still haunts me at night when I'm alone, the cold, empty bed a constant reminder of what I had and lost.

I

So, yeah, it was always hard to see Hunter after that. He never blamed me, but I blamed myself. I blamed myself for losing her, for not being everything that she needed me to be for her. And 12.35%

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what all of us should have done. He's

Watching them, I can see exactly what I could have had with Diana, if I'd been a stronger man, a stronger Alpha, if I'd been the man she deserved. I didn't know it could hurt worse to see Hunter, but it does now. Now,

it for me and I lost her. I smile remembering my mate. She was so beautiful, with a smile that lit up a room. I didn't see it much. after I marked her, but occasionally, I'd catch her smiling

pack. I don't really want to stay the night in his pack, but it's easier than dropping Owen off and turning right back around and going home. I'll suck it up. In some ways, I crave Diana's ghost that lives as much in the halls of this pack as it does in mine. Hunter's pack was her home

pull into the guard gate at

that Alpha Ezra

menacing growl, looking at the back of the van. I hear several more echoing around the guard gate and the pack. Obviously, "Brooklyn is well loved around here. "Sure thing, Alpha. Alpha Hunter says he'll

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and we pulley

"Can't wait to see Approve that a**hole's head from. He

about one of our omegas. Would they be This protective of them? Somehow, I don't think so, and while Brooklyn is a beautiful sweet girl think it has more to do with Hunter and Sophie's leadership than the girl herself. Something for me to think about. I

breath. There's a hint of jasmine in the air. I don't remember that scent from the last time I was here, and I would remember it. Diana planted jasmine all around our pack. I've fallen in love

me

says, walking up to

being

have been brothers, we were at one time, when Diana was alive. But I had distanced myself from him after that. Maybe it's time I bridge the distance between us. Diana's

a moment. He tilts his head, watching me and waiting "We should reaffirm our

say.

the surprise flash across his face before a smile

I say,

I

caught of whiff of it when I

his head at the van. "Has he been like this the

silver-soaked cloth in his mouth or around his d**k, so he'd shut up. I guess he figures he's your problem now

van.

immediately begins screaming obscenities at the

us.

happened to his

doesn't know when to shut up," I tell him and watch as Hunter walks in and punches

me when I tell you, they'd love nothing more than to torture you and

to drag Owen out of the van. They 'accidentally' drop him, then 'accidentally' kick him. in the gut multiple

yeah. They would prefer that I put his execution off a couple of days so they can hurt him. I wasn't kidding when I said that my warriors would love nothing more than to have a go at him. After